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Word: Guanine
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from guano+ -ine
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɡwɑːniːn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a compound that occurs in guano and fish scales, and is one of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids. A pure derivative, it is paired with cytosine in double-stranded DNA.
Short Definition:compound that occurs in guano and fish scales
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